Spoon-holder.



Patented Nov. 14, I899. E. D. MILKS.

SPOON HOLDER.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT D. MILKS, OF MACIIIAS, NEW YORK.

SPOON-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 637,008, datedNovember 14, 1899. Application filed September 6, 1899. Serial No. 729.633. (No model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELBERT D. MILKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Machias, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of NewYork,have in vented certain new and usef ul Improvements inSpoon-Holders; and I do declare the following to be'a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inspoon-holders, and it more specifically relates 'to that class ofspoonholders which are designed for use in preventing spoons or ladles,when used in pots or kettles, from falling into the vessel in which theyare used.

The invention has for its object the provision of a simple andinexpensive and at the same time efficient device of the charactermentioned which may be quickly and easily locked in place upon thehandle of the spoon, the device being provided with a hooked portionadapted to engage the upper rim of the pot, kettle, or other vessel inwhich the spoon is used and by the engagement of the hook to effectuallyprevent the possibility of the spoon falling down into the vessel.

To this end and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists in the novel construction and in the peculiar combination,arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings Figure l is a perspective View ofthe upper edge or rim of a pot or kettle, showing my improved form ofspoon-holder attached to the handle of a spoon and held in place uponthe rim of the Vessel. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section througha spoon-handle with my spoon-holder attached thereto. Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail in perspective of the spoonholder detached from thespoon.

Reference now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the spoonholder, consisting of a body portion or elon-' gatedloop B, formed of a single piece of wire, one end of the wire being bentoutwardly from the longitudinal center of the lower por tion of the loopB and being bent downward to fprm a hook O.

D is a cam-lever formed from a single piece of wire, the ends of whichare coiled to form cams E E, which cams are sleeved upon the upper barof the loop B.

The operation of the device is simple and will be readily understood. InFig. 1 of the drawings I have shown a pot or kettle F, to the rim ofwhich is held aspoon G by means of my device. It will be noted that inattaching the device to the handle of the spoon it is simply necessaryto pass the handle of the spoon through the loop B of the device, whenby turning the cam -lever D the device will be securely locked in place,when by hooking the part or hook C over the edge of the vessel in whichthe spoon is to be held the spoon will be prevented from falling intothe vessel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A spoon -holder, consisting of a wire A formed into a loop B, one end ofsaid wire being extended and bent into a book 0, the tongue D formed bybending a wire upon itself and having its ends coiled to form cams andjournaled on said loop as shown and de-. scribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELBERT n. M-ILKS.

Witnesses:

D. EARL TILDEN, J OHN ORADDUOK.

